Phoenix Ning

🤩Excited to work as the visual designer for @soundatlasfest this year. I had the opportunity to develop the festival’s full visual identity and promotional campaign, including the custom wordmark, poster, handbill, social media assets, digital tiles, tickets, and other materials across print and digital platforms. 🎶🎵Taking place June 26–28, 2026 at Contemporary Calgary, this year’s theme, Realms of Influence, explores influence as a resonance — sometimes audible, sometimes ghostlike — passing between bodies, disciplines, and ideas. Sound becomes a coalescence of past and present, shaped by who listens, who remembers, and who responds. 🎫Tickets are now on sale — check out @soundatlasfest for festival details and ticket information. Excited to see this year’s Sound Atlas Festival unfold in Calgary.

Thanks for selecting me as one of the artists for the Art Bus 2026 program🥳. In this project, I am pushing my practice to a new direction. It’s a challenge, but I’m very excited about it. (Hopefully everything runs well🤞.) #yycArtBus @albertauarts

Happy New Year 🎊 Too many things happened this year. This feels more like a summary for myself, to look back on what I’ve done this year. I am so grateful for all the opportunities and the amazing people I met on this journey. There were moments when I didn’t feel like I could make it, but I can feel how fast I’ve grown this year, with so much help from the lovely people around me. Everyone is so nice 🥹 Excited for 2026!

🌻Want to share the biggest project I worked on this year — the Chinatown Garden Mural 🥳Incredibly grateful to have worked on this project with my dear friend @helloyilu . Due to our schedules (I’m a full-time student, and Yilu works full-time) and the scale of the project, we worked from late summer all the way into winter, from day to night (Cold and dark, so crazy 😅) but I learned a lot from all levels. 🐰Very happy to build up the connections with the community in this long time frame. The three main themes explore Alberta, Chinatown, and this beloved garden itself. (The rabbits were regular supervisors while we were painting — yes, they’re part of the artwork now) 🍻Together with the Dim Sum Window project from this summer, this is a large and interconnected community project, supported by Calgary Arts Development @calgaryartsdev and created in collaboration with @hidiversecities

⛄️Hey friends! I am hosting a paint duck ceramic ornament workshop with @clayclubyyc on the upcoming Saturday (Dec 13) in Chinatown Clay Club! We prepared many those cute duck shape ornaments and you are welcome to join and paint! A little holiday gift for yourself, friends and family! ⛄️We have two time sections but now only the 12-2 pm have a very few spots left! ⛄️It’s a public event in one of my current community public art projects in Clay Club, so….. 🌟It is FREE! Scan the QR code for sign up!

✨️💤 Deep Dream Superstructure Artist 7 of 10 // Phoenix Ning & Yilu Xing Final Year AUArts Student & AUArts Alumni 2020 @phoenixning @helloyilu "We started with a simple act: changing the bedding in the gallery. This bed invites visitors to lie down, rest, or reflect, and over time we noticed it could become worn or dirty. Replacing the sheets became a way for us to think about care — care for the space, care for others, and care in everyday life. Through the repeated, almost ritualistic act of changing the bedding, we explored the labour involved in maintaining both private and shared spaces, the comfort and hygiene it provides, and the quiet responsibility we carry toward those who interact with it. At the same time, we reflected on how these small, everyday gestures carry meaning, shaping how people experience and connect with spaces and one another." Materials: performance, video documentation, bedding See more of Phoenix Ning’s work here: phoenixning.myportfolio.com See more of Yilu Xing’s work here: yiluxing.ca ~~~ 🏘 Deep Dream Superstructure is a collaborative sculpture providing the architecture for collective dreaming. We're guiding AUArts students and alumni as they slowly alter the artwork over the exhibition at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery in Calgary/Mohkinstsis. 👀 Visit now until Nov 22, 2025! 📸 Caitlind Brown 🎥 Phoenix Ning & Yilu Xing We gratefully acknowledge the support of @calgaryartsdev  ✨@ikg_auarts  @albertauarts . . . . . . #DeepDreamSuperstructure #collaboration #illingworthkerrgallery #auarts #phoenixning #yiluxing #art #artists #yycart

A little update on my ongoing project: the flower bed murals at the Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens’ Association. This summer, I was inspired by the garden’s vitality, and the welcoming community behind (the seniors and volunteers), decided to bring this idea to life (but all plants have been cleaned up for the winter 😢). There are six flower beds in total, in two different sizes, with each pair following a unique theme: 🏮The Future Chinatown: This piece celebrates Calgary’s Chinatown. At its center, the iconic streetlight glows as a beacon of hope. Three golden fish — symbols of luck, abundance, and community — swim gracefully beneath it, bringing energy and movement. Floating lanterns reference Chinatown’s Lantern Festival and its cultural warmth. The palette transitions from calm reds and oranges to vibrant, dynamic tones, symbolizing forward motion and a bright, multifaceted future. 🦋 the Blue Sky City: Inspired by traditional Chinese painting, this piece envisions Calgary’s future. Flowing clouds, layered mountains, rockets, and lodgepole pines create a serene winter night. A blue palette accented with white and gold evokes snow, moonlight, and reflection. The full moon, symbolizing reunion and harmony, embodies a peaceful and hopeful future. 🍏This piece captures the vivid spring memories in this community garden. The colorful blooms bring life and joy before fading into winter stillness. I hope to preserve that fleeting energy and brightness, keeping the garden alive with color and spirit all year round. Collaboration with: @hidiversecities and funded by @calgaryartsdev Thanks for the support @helloyilu and @lingggho

This window vinyl project, funded by @calgaryartsdev and in collaboration with the non-profit organization @hidiversecities , aims to promote businesses in the Chinatown area and celebrate its vibrant culture. It is located at the boundary of Chinatown, where businesses often receive less attention. Through art, we hope to support them, spark interest in Chinese food culture, and highlight the traditions rooted in this community. The design features traditional and well-known Cantonese cuisine—Dim Sum—symbolizing the family tradition of gathering around a round table to share food and tea (Chrysanthemum and jasmine as representative floral tea in the backgroun), which reflects the Chinese cultural value of reunion. Vibrant colours and large type were used to capture attention—even from across the street—inviting more people to discover and celebrate this part of Chinatown.

🥳My Accessible Package Design project from my Information Design class has been awarded the national Marc Brisbourne Scholarship from Design Canada @descan.ca This project took a long research process, where I aimed to include as many different disability groups as possible. Even though it began as a school project, my goal has always been larger: to make more people’s needs visible, and to show that design can be both visually engaging and truly accessible. @albertauarts

🩵Can’t say enough to express my gratitude for this fantastic opportunity through the Muralist Mentorship Program by @calgaryartsdev and @yycbump over the past two weeks. I’ve learned so much from this experience. Without this program, I don’t think I would have had the chance, at this stage to work on a mural of this scale. It was an invaluable way to practice hands-on skills and learn how to handle a wall of such size within a very limited timeframe. 🩵Most importantly, thanks for my amazing mentor and mural artist @absen_archives from Halifax. John generously shared his time and skills, teaching me professional mural techniques and knowledge that were truly inspiring. His dedication and hard work made what once felt impossible (from my perspective) become possible. So happy we accomplished this! 🩵Also thanks for the lovely fellows from Bump helped us and dropped snakes for every day🫶

👏Finally installed my mural for Captain John Palliser School, located next to the Nose Hill Library in NW. In the beginning of this year, I was selected as one of three artists for their outdoor mural project this year. The theme is Community, Belonging, and Connection, and my work title is the Nest. This project went about six months. During the painting process, I completed a small residency at the school and I taught students about my art practice and guided them in creating their own drawings in my way of illustration.

Done my second Bump Festival Roadwork project🥳Can’t say more to express my appreciation for having me @yycbump 🩵This project is for the G7 summit which will be held in Kananaskis, Alberta this year